8 October
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 8 October.
On Earth
- 1937 – C.S. Lewis reviews The Hobbit in The Times.
- 1979 - The Jackanory episode "Barrels Out of Bond" is aired on the BBC.
- 1987 - Roger Lancelyn Green, Inkling and biographer, dies.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- With Frodo severely wounded, Strider and the four hobbits travel slowly towards Rivendell.
- Gandalf hurries towards Rivendell after the Black Riders attacked him on Weathertop.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.